N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 214-b: Regulations

§ 214-b. Regulations. The authority to promulgate regulations for the

efficient enforcement of this article is hereby vested in the

commissioner. This article and the regulations promulgated thereunder

shall be so interpreted and construed, however, as to effectuate its

general purpose to enact state legislation uniform with the federal act

approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred thirty-eight, and all acts

amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.

The commissioner is hereby authorized (1) to adopt, in so far as

practicable, the regulations fixing and establishing definitions and

standards of identity and/or standards of quality, and tolerances, for

foods or food products from time to time promulgated under the federal

act or acts, and (2) to change or amend the regulations promulgated

under this chapter fixing and establishing definitions and standards of

identity, and/or standards of quality, and tolerances, so as to conform

in so far as practicable, to those promulgated under the federal act or

acts.

The commissioner shall hold a public hearing upon a proposal to

promulgate any new or amended regulations under this article, except in

the case of a proposal to adopt an applicable regulation promulgated

under the federal act or acts.